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Port Elizabeth: Production Manager posted by Headhunters

Production Manager

Posted on 2025-04-28 01:00:21

Company Headhunters
Salary 0
Category Automotive Management
Location South Africa  /  Eastern Cape  /  Port Elizabeth

Job Summary

Requirements:

  • At least 5 years’ experience in Injection moulding machine setting and optimization.
  • At least 3 years supervisory experience.
  • Previous work experience in the plastics manufacturing environment.
  • Relevant qualification essential. 
  • Code 8 driver’s license essential. 
  • Must have expertise in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Preferably experienced with databases.
  • Experience in the compilation of management data reporting. Filing indexing etc. must be of a high level.

Responsibilities, but not limited to:

  • Co-ordinate and manage all production staff.
  • Weekly meetings with the injection moulding machine setters for problem resolving, information, etc.
  • Promoting quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organisation.
  • Setting production objectives and ensuring that targets are achieved (scrap %, absenteeism %, cycle time standards, etc.).
  • Maintaining awareness of the business context and company profitability, including budgetary control issues.
  • Ensure products are manufactured timeously and meet the customer quality and delivery requirements.
  • Manage setting of all injection moulding machines and any ancillary equipment.
  • Schedule production through the plant utilizing equipment to its best effect.
  • Ensure all raw materials are ordered timorously.
  • Ensure that production work instructions eg. Production Process Flow charts, Setting Sheets, Inspection Instructions, Job Cards, Packaging and Transport details are adequate and complied with.
  • Maintain good housekeeping throughout.
  • Conduct periodic formal reviews (at least annually) to verify that production activities are performed in accordance with the applicable procedures and work instructions.
  • Review customer releases and formulate production plans when necessary.
  • Identify process, tooling, equipment improvements, etc.
  • Identify the training needs of personnel under supervision.
  • Conduct / implement training when required.
  • To assist Stores Controller when necessary (e.g. material staging, month end/annual stocktaking, etc.).
  • Have full control when General Manager is not available.
  • Collating and analysing performance data and charts against defined parameters.
  • Ensuring tests and procedures are properly understood, carried out and evaluated and that product modifications comply with requirements
  • Assistance in cross functional audits in line with the requirements of ISO 9001: 2015 and the internal audit plan.
  • Assisting, wherever possible, to ensure that all actions, functions, and processes in the business are conducted in a value-added manner.
  • Review all non-conforming products together with the quality department and ensure that effective correction action is taken to prevent recurrence.
  • Bringing together staff of different disciplines and driving the group to plan, formulate and agree comprehensive quality procedures.
  • Persuading reluctant staff to change their way of working to incorporate quality methods.
  • Ensure that the agreed KPI’s are maintained and achieved for yourself and your subordinates.
  • Monitoring performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports where required.
  • Complying, in line with the Management Policy Document, departmental procedures and practices.
  • To comply with any other work-related instruction which is relayed via a superior and which is deemed to be necessary and reasonable.
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